Tags - Biodiversity

Kildrummy and Glenkindie Estates lie on the edge of the Cairngorm National Park and consist of 15,000 acres of the most beautiful countryside in Aberdeenshire, straddling the banks of the River Don in...

Caerlaverock Estate, located on the Solway Coast, has strong wildlife credentials, excellent agricultural land, and breath-taking scenery.

It is obvious that the successful and sustainable future of...

Our ancient woodlands are at a critical juncture. Faced with threats like overgrazing and environmental changes, many of these biodiverse and culturally significant ecosystems risk disappearing...

Project Laxford is a landscape-scale, ecosystem-wide, conservation project. Grosvenor’s Reay Forest Estate is working in partnership with The Atlantic Salmon Trust across the River Laxford catchment...

SLE member since 1946, Caerlaverock Estate contains around 6,000 acres including the Home Farm of about 1000 acres. It has been family owned for over 800 years. Caerlaverock Estate’s biodiversity...

When species reintroductions are mentioned in the context of a rewilding project, thoughts tend to turn to wolves or lynx. However, we have reintroduced a much smaller species back into our pine...

A new policy adviser on biodiversity and woodlands has been appointed by Scottish Land & Estates.

Nathan Bryceland has joined the rural business organisation to support the work of SLE members across...

As we celebrate Biodiversity Week 2023, Nathan Bryceland, SLE’s new Policy Adviser (Biodiversity and Woodlands), takes a look at some of the big challenges and opportunities facing land managers...

Fifty per cent of future farming subsidies should be ‘unconditional’ in order to maintain food security and thriving production in Scotland.

Scottish Land & Estates, the rural business organisation,...

Our Helping It Happen Awards highlight how landowners and rural businesses across Scotland play a key role in enabling and supporting success in rural areas. We tell the story of exactly how estates...

Our Helping It Happen Awards Ceremony & Dinner takes place in just four weeks’ time, so we are taking a closer look at each of the finalists in our nine diverse categories here on our blog. The...

Alladale Wilderness Reserve is an active participant in the recovery of the threatened Scottish wildcat. The species is now fully protected by law and is generally recognized as a separate subspecies...